Image analysis device, image analysis method, and program

Claims

1. An acquisition means for acquiring image characteristic information that shows the characteristics of the image to be analyzed, Correction means for correcting at least one of the following in a manner corresponding to the characteristics: the image to be analyzed, the information of the object extracted from the image to be analyzed, the reference image, and the information of the reference object. An analysis means that performs at least one of the following processes using the corrected data: a process to detect the reference object from the image to be analyzed, and a process to determine the identity between the image to be analyzed and the reference image. An image analysis device having the following features.

2. The image analysis apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image characteristic information indicates the content of image processing applied to the image to be analyzed.

3. The image analysis apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the image characteristic information indicates the type of lens of the camera that generated the image to be analyzed.

4. The correction means is A process of correcting the image to be analyzed to the image before the image processing was applied. A process of correcting the information of the object extracted from the image to be analyzed to the information extracted from the image before the image processing was applied. The process of modifying the aforementioned reference image into the image after the aforementioned image processing has been performed, and A process of modifying the information of the reference object to information extracted from the image that has undergone image processing. The image analysis device according to claim 2, which performs at least one of the following.

5. The image analysis apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the image processing includes at least one of the following: a process to distort the image to be analyzed, a process to modify the content display area, a process to change to a painterly image, and a blurring process.

6. If the image processing described above is a process that makes the objects in the image to be analyzed unidentifiable, The correction means is A process for generating data that includes the audio of the image to be analyzed but does not include the image, as the data after the correction, and A process of generating data that includes the audio of the aforementioned reference image but does not include the image, as the data after the correction. The image analysis device according to claim 2, which performs at least one of the following.

7. If the image processing described above is a process that makes the objects in the image to be analyzed unidentifiable, The image analysis apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the analysis means performs at least one of the following processes based on sound: detecting the reference object from the image to be analyzed, and determining the identity between the image to be analyzed and the reference image.

8. The correction means is A process to correct the aforementioned image to an image without distortion. A process to correct the information of the object extracted from the aforementioned image to match the content extracted from an image without distortion. The process of correcting the aforementioned reference image to an image taken with the lens of the camera that generated the aforementioned image to be analyzed, and A process to correct the information of the reference object to information obtained when it is captured by the lens of the camera that generated the image to be analyzed. The image analysis device according to claim 3, which performs at least one of the following:

9. One or more computers, We obtain image characteristic information that shows the characteristics of the image to be analyzed, Correcting at least one of the following in accordance with the characteristics: the image to be analyzed, the information of the object extracted from the image to be analyzed, the reference image, and the information of the reference object. An image analysis method that performs at least one of the following processes using the corrected data: detecting the reference object from the image to be analyzed, and determining the identity between the image to be analyzed and the reference image.

10. Computers, means for acquiring image characteristic information that shows the characteristics of the image to be analyzed, Correction means for correcting at least one of the following in a manner corresponding to the characteristics: the image to be analyzed, the information of an object extracted from the image to be analyzed, a reference image, and the information of a reference object. Analysis means that performs at least one of the following processes using the corrected data: detecting the reference object from the image to be analyzed, and determining the identity between the image to be analyzed and the reference image. A program that makes it function as such.